2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
63
Prize
€875,000
Event Info
Prize Pool
€4,627,200
Entries
889
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
30,000

Main Event

Day 4 Completed

Pagano Steals The Show On Day 4

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Luca Pagano
Luca Pagano

When Day 4 of the 2012 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville began, Luca Pagano was sitting in 36th place out of the 54 remaining players. One level into the day he became chip leader and never looked back, ultimately finishing the day with 3,561,000.

With 344,000 at the start, Pagano chipped up nicely to about 700,000 before going on an absolute tear. It started when he picked up {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and eliminated Balazs Botond who couldn't catch up with {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}. That put Pagano at about the million chip mark, leading to the hand that changed everything.

The chip leader entering the day, Samphane Phomveha, crawled to the first break as a result of the Team PokerStars Pro. Pagano bet every street of an {A-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades}{A-Hearts}{10-Spades} board and Phomveha paid him off each time. Holding {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}, Pagano's flopped set became a full house. Phomveha showed {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds} for trips and was left with just two big blinds, busting shortly thereafter.

Following Pagano in the chip counts is Olivier Rogez (2,668,000), Vadim Kursevich (1,815,000), and Paul Guichard (1,700,000). Here is the table and seat draw for the 24 returning players tomorrow.

TableSeatPlayerChips
11Olivier Rogez2,668,000
12Vuong Than Trong871,000
13Andre Corredoira1,310,000
14Paul Guichard1,700,000
15Sergey Baburin438,000
16Antonio Guerrero519,000
17Chris Brammer1,262,000
18Kevin Vandersmissen737,000
    
21Marc Inizan481,000
22Luca Pagano3,561,000
23Bruno Jais970,000
24Vadim Kursevich1,815,000
25Patrick Nataf360,000
26Rob Stain816,000
27Christian Togsverd1,271,000
28Etienne Moudaress650,000
    
31Denis Cheremisin1,117,000
32Yorane Kerignard1,124,000
33Karim Lehoussine382,000
34Artem Litvinov1,193,000
35Nikolaus Teichert471,000
36Ignat Liviu1,303,000
37Rumen Nanev1,052,000
38Mick Graydon723,000

Play resumes tomorrow at noon local time and will continue until the final table of eight is reached. Until then, good night from Deauville!

Tags: Luca Pagano

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
3,561,000 111,000
Olivier Rogez
Olivier Rogez
2,668,000 368,000
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
1,815,000
Paul Guichard fr
Paul Guichard
1,700,000 100,000
Andre Corredoira
Andre Corredoira
1,316,000 266,000
Ignat Liviu ro
Ignat Liviu
1,303,000 -117,000
Christian Togsverd dk
Christian Togsverd
1,271,000 96,000
Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
1,262,000 2,000
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
1,193,000 218,000
Yorane Kerignard fr
Yorane Kerignard
1,124,000 -346,000
Denis Cheremisin
Denis Cheremisin
1,117,000 -83,000
Rumen Nanev bg
Rumen Nanev
1,052,000 222,000
Bruno Jais fr
Bruno Jais
970,000 -190,000
Vuong Than Trong fr
Vuong Than Trong
871,000 -39,000
Rob Stain
Rob Stain
816,000 176,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
737,000 237,000
Mick Graydon ie
Mick Graydon
723,000 -197,000
Etienne Moudarres
Etienne Moudarres
650,000 160,000
Antonio Guerrero us
Antonio Guerrero
519,000 -121,000
Marc Inizan fr
Marc Inizan
481,000 -129,000
Nikolaus Teichert de
Nikolaus Teichert
471,000 -79,000
Sergey Baburin ru
Sergey Baburin
438,000 -32,000
Karim Lehoussine fr
Karim Lehoussine
382,000 -68,000
Patrick Nataf fr
Patrick Nataf
360,000 -234,000

Boulan Busts to End the Day's Play

This rapid of poker has come to and end with the elimination of Herve Boulan, to take us to 24 players remaining.

The action folded to the Frenchman on the button and he open shoved for 550,000. Vadzim Kursevich was in the big blind, looked down at {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}, and made an understandably instant call.

Boulan opened {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and the board ran {j-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{2-Spades}{7-Spades} to see the queens hold.

Player Chips Progress
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
1,815,000 615,000
Herve Boulan
Herve Boulan
Busted

Tags: Herve BoulanVadzim Kursevich

Ehrhardt Exits

Christian Togsverd just took [Removed:167] out and just 25 players remain in the 2011 EPT Deauville Main Event.

The hand started with a 75k opening raise from Denis Cheremisin. Togsverd was next to act and pushed for 600k+ before Ehrhardt called all in for slightly less.

Cheremisin dropped out and it was a rather classic race with Togsverd holding {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} against Ehrhardt's {a-Spades}{k-Spades}.

The {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades} board brought no joy for Ehrhardt and when one more player busts, play will end for the night.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Togsverd dk
Christian Togsverd
1,175,000 565,000
[Removed:167]
[Removed:167]
Busted

Tags: Christian Togsverd

A Play That's a Blast From the Past

Vadzim Kursevich pulled off the retro limp under gun with aces maneuver to help him to double up via Vuong Than Trong.

Vuong Than Trong was on the button and bumped up the limp to 76,000. The action was back on the Kursevich and thought for a minute before he moved all-in. Call.

Kursevich: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Trong: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

The board ran {3-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}. Trong has lost half his stack in the last couple of hours.

Player Chips Progress
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
1,200,000 500,000
Vuong Than Trong fr
Vuong Than Trong
910,000 -290,000

Tags: Vadzim KursevichVuong Than Trong

Journo Junked

Artem Litvinov has just sent Yoni Journo to the rail.

Litvinov opened the hand, making it 55k from the button and Journo pushed in for 350k. Litvinov went deep into the tank before flipping a coin, presumably to help with the decision.

It came heads, but that still didn't seem to settle things, as he continued thinking it over. Eventually he called with {a-Spades}{7-Spades}. Journo had {k-Spades}{j-Clubs} and would need some help to survive.

The flop fell {k-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{8-Spades} giving them both a pair and the turn came the {8-Clubs}, giving them both two, however, the {9-Diamonds} river sunk Journo as Litinov pushed up around the one-million mark.

To celebrate, Litinov ran to the other side of the room, pulled two chairs apart and did the splits between them. He was then seen throwing jabs at a TV screen in the corner, before returning to his chair out of breath.

Player Chips Progress
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
975,000 545,000
Yoni Journo
Yoni Journo
Busted

Tags: Artem LitvinovYoni Journo

Pagano Gives Some Back

A mistake by Antonio Guerrero almost certainly helped him to a double up through Luca Pagano. The Team PokerStars Pro opened to 55,000 from the hijack and Guerrero threw in the calling chips. Both the blinds folded and Guerrero went to slide his cards towards the dealer. The dealer gave him a shake of the head and indicated towards Pagano in seat eight. It seemed as it Guerrero thought he had opened the pot, and we're not sure Pagano had seen his opponent's error either.

The flop came {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Pagano set Guerrero in for his remaining 266,000. The Frenchman called quickly with {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} beating his Italian opponent's {5-Spades}{2-Hearts}. The board ran out {9-Clubs}{10-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
3,450,000 -300,000
Antonio Guerrero us
Antonio Guerrero
640,000 255,000

Tags: Antonio GuerreroLuca Pagano

Pagano Still Rolling

Luca Pagano opened to 50,000 from the cutoff and Vadzim Kursevich three-bet to 120,000 from the button.

A call from Pagano landed a {9-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Spades} flop. Pagano led out for what looked to be 100,000 (could have been 125,000) and was met by a call from Kursevich. When the {6-Hearts} hit the turn, Pagano bet 200,000. Kursevich mulled it over, but gave it up.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
3,750,000 250,000
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
700,000 -320,000

Tags: Luca PaganoVadim Kursevich